NEW YORK, NY.- A rare, recently excavated ancient
Roman dining set consisting of 20 silver objects—one of only three such sets
from the region of Pompeii known to exist in the world—and an important ancient
Greek kylix (or drinking cup) have been installed in The Metropolitan Museum of
Art’s Galleries for Greek and Roman Art as part of an ongoing exchange of
antiquities between the Republic of Italy and the Museum. The Moregine
Treasure is on view in the Museum’s Hellenistic Treasury, along with other
luxury goods of the ancient Greek kylix (or drinking cup) Hellenistic and early
Roman Imperial periods. The display at the Metropolitan Museum is the first time
the Moregine Treasure has been exhibited outside Italy. It was exhibited during
the summer of 2006 at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, where it
formed part of the exhibition Argenti a Pompei (Silver at
Pompeii).